Eye issues (and my New Year’s Resolution)

A few months ago, my right eye started to itch. It wasn’t the eyeball itself that was itchy, but the skin below it (around my waterline). I thought it was a stye at first, but a quick search on Google told me it wasn’t. Styes are supposed to go away by themselves after about a week or two, but whatever I had had been bothering me for over a month already. I thought it was a fungal infection so I used anti-fungal cream, which didn’t really do anything. I didn’t really know what to do so I just ignored it (probably not the best idea). It was tolerable most of the time, but whenever I cried it would get really irritated and be extremely itchy. After watching Hachiko : A Dog’s Story (I cried my eyes out over that movie) it got so bad that I eventually had to go see the doctor about it (which is probably what I should have done in the first place).

I was told that it looked like some sort of infection. The doctor told me that some girls (and guys) who wear eye makeup regularly sometimes develop allergies or bacterial infections, which is exactly what my friends and family have been telling me, I just didn’t want to believe them because I didn’t want to stop wearing eyeliner (yes, that was pretty stupid of me). She prescribed some eye drops and instructed me to wash my eye area using sulfur soap twice a day. She also told me that I should probably stop wearing make up for a while and replace all my current ones in case they have already been contaminated.

I was hesitant about throwing all my eye makeup away at first since it felt like such a waste, but I figured that it was about time I replace them anyway since I’ve been using my liquid liner and mascara for 5 months, and my pencil liner for a year. I read online that you’re supposed to replace mascara every 3 months and liquid liner every 3-6 months to avoid bacteria build up. Pencil liner can be used for about 2 years as long as you sharpen it regularly, but my pencil liner is the twist up type so it can’t be sharpened.

Goodbye old eye makeup (Cover Girl Outlast Eyeliner, Fashion 21 Liquid Liner, Etude House Proof 10 Mascara)

Review: Maybelline Clear Smooth Extra Shine Free Powder Foundation

I’ve been using this product for about 1 and a half months now, and it surprised me that I’ve already hit pan. I guess this only shows how much I like it, so I decided to do a review on it.

Pan!

For the past year, I've been using BB cream, concealer and face powder on my face. It’s fine on most days, but I’m a lazy girl and sometimes even this minimal routine is too much for me. I decided to just get a powder foundation that would give me enough coverage so I could skip the BB cream and concealer on days when I don’t want to wear that much make up. Thank goodness I found this Maybelline Clear Smooth Extra Shine Free Powder Foundation.

What I love most about this product is that the color suits my skin tone. I love my BB cream, but what I didn’t like about it is that sometimes it made me feel a bit oily, and it made me look too gray or too pale in some photos, especially when flash is used. Apparently, this is a common problem you get when you use BB creams. It’s alright under natural light, but it can look terrible with flash photography if you apply too much. 

See for yourself:

Looks fine in natural light right?